A/N: The third chappie! I don't even know why I'm writing an angst fic like this… It's not like I'm depressed or anything! (Well maybe I am, kind of, coz I can't believe FSN's ending in the Phils. is tonight at 8:30 and I can't even watch it... Stupid country, they don't even have anime... or animax...) Anyway, here's the story…
The Affair of the Maou
Once Yuuri got back the first person he looked for was his beloved husband. He went to Bielefeld Castle, where he saw him training new recruits.
When they saw each other everything seemed to freeze. They were oblivious to everything but each other, when a tap on Wolfram's shoulder brought him back to reality.
"Your Excellency, would you like to take a break?" A concerned recruit asked him.
"N-no… I'm fine." He threw one last longing look at Yuuri before going back to training.
For a while Yuuri thought Wolfram would come running in super slow motion across the field and into his welcome embrace, but he knew better. He knew that everything was over between them, but why did that look on his beloved's face looked like he wanted him as much as he did?
Yuuri decided to be patient and waited for Wolfram to finish his training. When he finished, Yuuri ran to him.
"Wolfram, please listen to me. Let's talk."
"No, Yuuri. She must be worried about you. Why don't you go back to her now and leave me alone? I told you right? Or do you want me to say it again? It's ov-"
Wolfram was interrupted by Yuuri pulling him towards his face and giving him a kiss. He tried to get away, but he could not. Tears started to form in his eyes when Yuuri let go.
"Wolfram, there is no more she. It's only us. Don't you understand? I love you and I want you back."
"Yuuri…" For a while Wolfram considered, but he was still too hurt by the truth. "No. I mean it, it's over and you'll never win me back… Never…" Tears flowed from his eyes and he started to run, but Yuuri held a firm grip on his arm.
"Wolfram, please! I'd do anything to get you to wear this ring again!"
"Never! I'm not wearing it! Now let me go!"
Yuuri obliged, looking after a teary faced Wolfram running down the Blood Pledge Castle hallways. He sighed and went to Gwendal's office.
"Gwendal, I think I'm going to sign the papers by myself."
"Are you sure, heika? Wouldn't you like to fix your problem with Wolfram first?"
"I already tried, and all seems futile. Besides, I have nothing to do anyway."
"...Okay."
Two weeks passed ever since Yuuri and Wolfram broke up. Not once did they have contact with each other, or even greet each other when they happened to pass each other by the hallway. Finally, Yuuri couldn't take it anymore and just decided to confront Wolfram again.
He found him in the garden of Bielefeld, resting after training the new recruits. When Wolfram saw him he felt like crying, but he managed to get up and walk away. Yuuri, though, caught him by the hand and made him face him.
"Wolfram, please take me back. I think I'm going to be crazy! I love you so much…"
"How many times do I have to tell you?! I don't want you… I don't want… I don't…" Wolfram burst into tears, Yuuri brought him closer and kissed him.
Wolfram somehow found the courage to push him away, and ran to the opposite side of the hallway. Tears found its way to Yuuri's eyes, and for a while he stood there, crying. It was then that Conrad came running to his side that he became conscious of his surroundings.
"Heika! I mean, Yuuri, I'm sorry, but Gwendal needs to see you in his office."
Wiping the tears from his eyes he replied, "Can't that wait until later?"
"No heika. I'm terribly sorry for you and Wolfram, but what Gwendal has to say is urgent."
"Fine."
Yozak and Günter were also in Gwendal's office when he entered. All of them had serious faces.
"What happened, Gwendal?" Yuuri asked while seating down a nearby sofa.
"The humans have decided to attack us full force. They are planning a war three weeks from now, so we have to stop them."
"What?! How did that happen?"
"They seem to have invented some kind of a new weapon, but we still have trouble knowing what it is. Our spies said that their army is enough to match us in numbers, even more. In your opinion, would it be possible to train new recruits for this upcoming war?"
"No, I don't think that will be necessary." Günter spoke up. "New recruits are often inexperienced and might need months, no, years of training. It's impossible."
"I agree with him, Your Excellency." Yozak said. "It may be that their strength only lies in numbers, and if we ambush them late enough they might not have time to look for more soldiers. Besides, I'm quite sure that to get that numerous army, they had to force farmers and peasants to go to war, therefore I'm guessing half of them might be inexperienced."
"Okay, both of you have a point. What do you think, heika?"
"I suppose a peace talk won't work? You know me. As much as possible I want to prevent bloodshed."
"We have tried peace talk, heika, but… They killed our messengers before they could even speak. They beheaded them and burned their bodies."
"What?! Oh, I guess nothing can be done, then." Yuuri closed the conversation while standing up. "We move out at zero six hundred hours, two weeks and five days from now."
Everyone saluted. "Yes, heika."
(A/N: I tried to make this sound more military like, so sorry if Yuuri was a bit OOC in this fic… I know he would never agree to bloodshed, no matter how hopeless the situation might be.)
"Oh yeah, before I leave… Does Wolfram know about this?"
"No, heika, we refrained from informing him. He will stay here to train the new recruits, and we're just going to call him out to war as a last resort."
"Good. See you."
End of Chapter
A/N: So how did you like it? Please read and review… I need two reviews in order to inspire me to update! XD The next chappie is actually the ending... It's a pretty short story, I know... But this is a three part series of fics that I'm doing. (And due to stupid papers due in school and my F in Algebra II, I haven't typed up OR thought on the sequel yet, so it may take a very loooong while...)
